Azure Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Microsoft Azure
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire requiring Azure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 31 12
Rank change year-on-year +18 -19 -2
Contract jobs citing Azure 136 29 61
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 11.59% 6.64% 12.45%
As % of the Cloud Services category 28.94% 23.58% 41.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 22 46
10th Percentile £407 £199 £185
25th Percentile £475 £350 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £522 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.08% -2.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £647 £538 £597
90th Percentile £688 £600 £631
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £463 £500
% change year-on-year +8.11% -7.50% -9.09%

All Cloud Computing Skills
South Yorkshire

Azure falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in South Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 470 123 148
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 40.07% 28.15% 30.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 322 95 102
10th Percentile £366 £262 £210
25th Percentile £431 £400 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £513 £503
Median % change year-on-year -1.61% +1.94% -8.70%
75th Percentile £566 £600 £584
90th Percentile £674 £650 £625
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £495
% change year-on-year +5.26% -4.04% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £15.20
25th Percentile - - £17.75
Median hourly rate £16.00 - £22.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £56.50 £32.96 £15.00
% change year-on-year +71.42% +119.73% -53.85%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire.

Azure job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Azure
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Azure.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Azure

Azure
Daily Rate Histogram in South Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 10 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in South Yorkshire

Azure
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 10 June 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Sheffield +10 133 £525 +10.53% 27
Doncaster - 1 - -
Azure
Yorkshire

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 10 (7.35%) SharePoint
2 7 (5.15%) Apache Spark
3 6 (4.41%) Confluence
4 4 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.74%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.74%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 77 (56.62%) AWS
2 73 (53.68%) GCP
3 22 (16.18%) Azure DevOps
3 22 (16.18%) Entra ID
4 17 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (11.76%) GitHub
6 14 (10.29%) Power Platform
7 10 (7.35%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 10 (7.35%) OpenShift
8 8 (5.88%) GitHub Actions
9 7 (5.15%) AWS CloudFormation
9 7 (5.15%) Serverless
10 6 (4.41%) OneDrive
10 6 (4.41%) SaaS
11 5 (3.68%) Azure Monitor
11 5 (3.68%) Azure Storage
11 5 (3.68%) Microsoft Copilot
11 5 (3.68%) PowerApps
12 4 (2.94%) Azure Data Factory
13 3 (2.21%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.88%) SAN
2 7 (5.15%) Firewall
2 7 (5.15%) Network Security
3 4 (2.94%) DNS
3 4 (2.94%) Kerberos
3 4 (2.94%) TCP/IP
4 3 (2.21%) NAS
5 2 (1.47%) Reverse Proxy
5 2 (1.47%) VSAN
6 1 (0.74%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.35%) Power BI
2 9 (6.62%) SQL Server
3 7 (5.15%) Big Data
3 7 (5.15%) Neo4j
3 7 (5.15%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (4.41%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (3.68%) MySQL
6 4 (2.94%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (2.94%) Data Lake
6 4 (2.94%) Delta Lake
6 4 (2.94%) Relational Database
7 3 (2.21%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (2.21%) MongoDB
7 3 (2.21%) Spark SQL
8 1 (0.74%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.74%) Parquet
8 1 (0.74%) Redis
Development Applications
1 33 (24.26%) Jenkins
2 29 (21.32%) JIRA
3 23 (16.91%) GitLab
4 14 (10.29%) Selenium
5 13 (9.56%) Cucumber
5 13 (9.56%) REST Assured
6 11 (8.09%) Git
6 11 (8.09%) Postman
7 5 (3.68%) Gatling
7 5 (3.68%) JMeter
7 5 (3.68%) TestRail
8 4 (2.94%) Bitbucket
8 4 (2.94%) LoadRunner
8 4 (2.94%) NeoLoad
9 3 (2.21%) Browser DevTools
9 3 (2.21%) Fiddler
10 2 (1.47%) CircleCI
10 2 (1.47%) JUnit
10 2 (1.47%) Maven
10 2 (1.47%) SoapUI
General
1 52 (38.24%) Social Skills
2 45 (33.09%) Finance
3 28 (20.59%) Banking
4 10 (7.35%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (5.15%) Public Sector
6 5 (3.68%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (3.68%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (3.68%) Law
6 5 (3.68%) Legal
7 3 (2.21%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.74%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.74%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 31 (22.79%) Lead
2 24 (17.65%) DevOps Engineer
3 19 (13.97%) Architect
4 10 (7.35%) Test Automation Engineer
4 10 (7.35%) Test Engineer
5 7 (5.15%) Azure Engineer
5 7 (5.15%) Developer
5 7 (5.15%) Security Engineer
6 6 (4.41%) Automation Test Lead
6 6 (4.41%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 6 (4.41%) Consultant
6 6 (4.41%) Data Engineer
6 6 (4.41%) Lead DevOps
6 6 (4.41%) Lead DevOps Engineer
6 6 (4.41%) Test Leader
7 5 (3.68%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 5 (3.68%) Java Developer
7 5 (3.68%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 5 (3.68%) Test Architect
7 5 (3.68%) Test Automation Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (19.12%) OpenID
2 24 (17.65%) REST
3 22 (16.18%) LDAP
4 16 (11.76%) SailPoint
5 11 (8.09%) OAuth
6 9 (6.62%) SAML
7 8 (5.88%) Kafka
8 7 (5.15%) .NET
9 6 (4.41%) PySpark
10 5 (3.68%) OAuth2
10 5 (3.68%) Playwright
11 4 (2.94%) ARM Templates
11 4 (2.94%) Middleware
11 4 (2.94%) React
11 4 (2.94%) RESTful
11 4 (2.94%) Spring Boot
12 3 (2.21%) FIDO
12 3 (2.21%) HTML
12 3 (2.21%) JSON
12 3 (2.21%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 28 (20.59%) Cloud Native
2 12 (8.82%) Data Centre
3 11 (8.09%) Onboarding
4 7 (5.15%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (4.41%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (4.41%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (4.41%) Product Ownership
6 5 (3.68%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (3.68%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (3.68%) FlexPod
7 4 (2.94%) Replication
8 3 (2.21%) Cyber Security Posture
8 3 (2.21%) EMC VMAX
8 3 (2.21%) EMC VNX
8 3 (2.21%) Enterprise Cloud
8 3 (2.21%) Enterprise Storage
8 3 (2.21%) Management Information System
8 3 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.47%) Blog
9 2 (1.47%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 16 (11.76%) Linux
2 8 (5.88%) Data ONTAP
2 8 (5.88%) Windows
3 7 (5.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (4.41%) CoreOS
4 6 (4.41%) VMS
5 4 (2.94%) Unix
6 3 (2.21%) AIX
6 3 (2.21%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.74%) Android
7 1 (0.74%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (55.15%) DevOps
2 70 (51.47%) CI/CD
3 32 (23.53%) Cybersecurity
4 31 (22.79%) Test Automation
5 29 (21.32%) Agile
5 29 (21.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 27 (19.85%) Observability
7 25 (18.38%) Containerisation
7 25 (18.38%) DevSecOps
7 25 (18.38%) Infrastructure as Code
8 24 (17.65%) Identity Access Management
9 21 (15.44%) Migration
10 20 (14.71%) Analytics
10 20 (14.71%) Stakeholder Management
11 19 (13.97%) Problem-Solving
12 18 (13.24%) AI
12 18 (13.24%) Data Ingestion
12 18 (13.24%) Microservices
13 17 (12.50%) ETL
14 16 (11.76%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 44 (32.35%) Python
2 40 (29.41%) Java
3 33 (24.26%) SQL
4 14 (10.29%) PowerShell
5 12 (8.82%) Bash
6 11 (8.09%) JavaScript
7 7 (5.15%) Go
8 5 (3.68%) PHP
8 5 (3.68%) Scala
9 4 (2.94%) C#
9 4 (2.94%) Cypher
9 4 (2.94%) Kotlin
9 4 (2.94%) Shell Script
9 4 (2.94%) TypeScript
10 3 (2.21%) Bicep
11 1 (0.74%) Groovy
11 1 (0.74%) X++
Qualifications
1 9 (6.62%) Degree
2 6 (4.41%) AWS Certification
2 6 (4.41%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (4.41%) Security Cleared
3 5 (3.68%) CISSP
3 5 (3.68%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (3.68%) OCP
3 5 (3.68%) Oracle Certification
4 4 (2.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 4 (2.94%) Azure Certification
4 4 (2.94%) CCSP
4 4 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (2.94%) CISM
5 3 (2.21%) CCSK
5 3 (2.21%) NCDA
5 3 (2.21%) NCIE
5 3 (2.21%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (1.47%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.74%) RHCA
7 1 (0.74%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (9.56%) QA
2 6 (4.41%) NIST
2 6 (4.41%) PCI DSS
3 5 (3.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.94%) GDPR
4 4 (2.94%) HIPAA
4 4 (2.94%) SLA
4 4 (2.94%) SOC 2
5 2 (1.47%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.47%) GRC
6 1 (0.74%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.74%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 1 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 20 (14.71%) Docker
2 16 (11.76%) Active Directory
3 14 (10.29%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (7.35%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (5.88%) vSphere
6 7 (5.15%) NFS
7 5 (3.68%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 3 (2.21%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 3 (2.21%) Hyper-V
8 3 (2.21%) SRDF
8 3 (2.21%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.74%) Ceph
9 1 (0.74%) KVM
Systems Management
1 42 (30.88%) Kubernetes
2 34 (25.00%) Terraform
3 19 (13.97%) Ansible
4 12 (8.82%) Grafana
5 8 (5.88%) SnapMirror
6 7 (5.15%) Prometheus
7 4 (2.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (2.94%) Kustomize
7 4 (2.94%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (2.21%) Argo
8 3 (2.21%) EMC VPLEX
8 3 (2.21%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (1.47%) EMC NetWorker
9 2 (1.47%) NetBackup
9 2 (1.47%) SnapVault
9 2 (1.47%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.74%) IBM Guardium
10 1 (0.74%) Istio
Vendors
1 33 (24.26%) Microsoft
2 22 (16.18%) ServiceNow
3 19 (13.97%) Google
4 13 (9.56%) Databricks
5 10 (7.35%) Red Hat
5 10 (7.35%) VMware
6 8 (5.88%) NetApp
7 7 (5.15%) Oracle
7 7 (5.15%) Splunk
8 6 (4.41%) OpenAI
9 4 (2.94%) Alibaba
10 3 (2.21%) 3PAR
10 3 (2.21%) AppDynamics
10 3 (2.21%) Aruba
10 3 (2.21%) Brocade
10 3 (2.21%) CyberArk
10 3 (2.21%) Dell
10 3 (2.21%) EMC
10 3 (2.21%) Okta
10 3 (2.21%) Veeam